April March is an American indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 singer/songwriter who sings in English and French. She is widely known for the song "Chick Habit", which was featured in the films But I'm a Cheerleader

But I'm a Cheerleader

But I'm a Cheerleader is a 1999 satirical romantic comedy film directed by Jamie Babbit and written by Brian Wayne Peterson. Natasha Lyonne stars as Megan Bloomfield, an apparently happy heterosexual high school cheerleader...

and Death Proof

Death Proof

Death Proof is a 2007 American action thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film centers on a psychopathic stunt man who stalks young women before murdering them in staged car accidents using his "death-proof" stunt car...

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She has also been a cartoon

Cartoon

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 animator

Animator

An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...

, including a stint as a principal animator for the Ren and Stimpy show.

She is married to Warren Zanes

The Del Fuegos

-History:Formed in 1980, the Boston-based band gained success in 1984 due to success of their songs "Don't Run Wild" and "I Still Want You" and appearing in a widely-seen television commercial for a beer company...

, musician and former Vice-President of Education at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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, in Cleveland, Ohio

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, and has two sons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXBIwSgn7hw.

Biography

As a child, Blake became fascinated with France, and in junior high participated in an exchange program in France. She graduated from Phillips Academy

Phillips Academy

Phillips Academy is a selective, co-educational independent boarding high school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate year...

 in Andover, Massachusetts

Andover, Massachusetts

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 in 1983, after which she moved back to New York City to become a cartoon animator. March worked as an animator for Archie Comics

Archie Comics

Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...

and Pee Wee's Playhouse; in 1986 she worked on the Madonna

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 feature Who's That Girl, animating the star in the title sequence and the contemporaneous music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

. Her first band, The Pussywillows, was formed in 1987; March took a year off to attend the Disney

The Walt Disney Company

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-founded Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts

California Institute of the Arts

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. In 1991 the Pussywillows broke up and March formed The Shitbirds, which lasted until 1995. Since then, March has recorded as a solo artist, and has appeared on some motion picture soundtrack

Soundtrack

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s, as well as performing the theme song for the Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network

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 series I Am Weasel

I Am Weasel

I Am Weasel is an American animated television series produced by Cartoon Network Studios in co-production with Hanna-Barbera, created by David Feiss, and broadcast on Cartoon Network....

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Her albums contain songs sung in both English and French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

, and her style is heavily influenced by French

Yé-yé

Yé-yé was a style of pop music that emerged from France, Québec and Spain in the early 1960s. The term "yé-yé" derived from "yeah! yeah!" The style expanded worldwide, due to the success of figures such as the French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg....

 1960s pop music

Pop music

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Her best known work is the English translation of the Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg was a French singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's extremely varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize...

 song, "Laisse tomber les filles

Laisse Tomber Les Filles

"Laisse tomber les filles" is a French song composed by Serge Gainsbourg and originally performed by France Gall in 1964....

", renamed as "Chick Habit." The song has since been featured in the 1999 campy teen comedy But I'm a Cheerleader

But I'm a Cheerleader

But I'm a Cheerleader is a 1999 satirical romantic comedy film directed by Jamie Babbit and written by Brian Wayne Peterson. Natasha Lyonne stars as Megan Bloomfield, an apparently happy heterosexual high school cheerleader...

, and was brought to wider audiences in Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

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's 2007 film Death Proof

Death Proof

Death Proof is a 2007 American action thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film centers on a psychopathic stunt man who stalks young women before murdering them in staged car accidents using his "death-proof" stunt car...

; it was also used as the backing music to television advertisements for the Renault Twingo

Renault Twingo

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 in the UK and in France in 2008.

March has recently collaborated in the U.S. with the Dust Brothers

Dust Brothers

The Dust Brothers are the Los Angeles, California based, Grammy Award winning producers, E.Z. Mike and King Gizmo , famous for their sample-based music in the 1980s and 1990s, and specifically for their work on the albums Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys, Odelay by Beck, and the soundtrack to...

, and in France with Bertrand Burgalat

Bertrand Burgalat

Bertrand Burgalat is a French musician, composer and producer.- Background :Bertrand Burgalat was born in the Corsican town of Bastia in 1963...

. Her latest album, a collaboration with Steve Hanft

Steve Hanft

Steven P. Hanft , more commonly known as Steve Hanft, is an American independent film director.-Early life:Hanft was born in Ventura, California. He started making films at the age of 11 growing up in California. His first works consisted of surf films and nature films followed later by...

, is called Magic Monsters. It became available via iTunes, Amazon.com, and other digital music distributors on 22 April 2008. The album is available on vinyl format on the label Martyrs of Pop.

Albums

• Gainsbourgsion! (1994) - France only
• Paris In April (1995)
• Superbanyair (1997) - Japan only
• April March Sings Along With The Makers (1997) - Collaboration with The Makers
  The Makers (American band)
  The Makers are a garage rock/rock-n-roll band from Spokane, Washington, formed in 1991 with releases on Estrus Records, Sub Pop Records and are currently on Kill Rock Stars Records.- History :...
  
  
• Lessons Of April March (1998) - Compilation
• April March and Los Cincos (1998)
• Chrominance Decoder (1999)
• Triggers (2002)
• Magic Monsters (2008) - Collaboration with Steve Hanft

EPs

• Voodoo Doll (1993)
• An April March (1994)
• Chick Habit (1995)
• April March and Los Cincos Featuring The Choir (1997) - Japan only limited edition. Features Petra Hayden and Bennett.
• Dans Les Yeux D'April March (1999) - France only. Limited edition Tricatel Club Release. Pressed on 10" translucent white vinyl.

Singles

• "Sometimes When I Stretch" (2003)
• "Jesus And I Love You" (1998) - Orgazmo Soundtrack

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